Paleoclimatology News

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Improved Predictions Of Warming-induced Extinctions Sought; Species Persist More Than Models Assume, Researchers Say

Posted February 28, 2007:

• Birth Rate, Competition Are Major Players In Hominid Extinctions

Posted February 27, 2007:

• From Icehouse To Hothouse: Melting Ice And Rising Carbon Dioxide Caused Climate Shift

Posted February 26, 2007:

• An Ancient Greenhouse Window Into The Future

Posted February 15, 2007:

• Cold Climate Produced By Algae Contributed To Onset Of Multicellular Life

Posted February 8, 2007:

• Largest North America Climate Change In 65 Million Years, Study Shows

Posted January 28, 2007:

• Researcher Creates First Temperature Record For The Great Plains

Posted January 24, 2007:

• Winds Of Change: North America's Wind Patterns Have Shifted Significantly In The Past 30,000 Years

Posted January 22, 2007:

• Geologist Gets To The Bottom Of Chicxulub Impact Crater

Posted January 20, 2007:

• Deep In Arctic Mud, Geologists Find Strong Evidence Of Climate Change

Posted January 8, 2007:

• Annual Plants May Cope With Global Warming Better Than Long-living Species

Posted January 6, 2007:

• Chemistry Of Volcanic Fallout Reveals Secrets Of Past Eruptions

Posted January 5, 2007:

• A Bumpy Shift From Ice House To Greenhouse

Posted December 22, 2006:

• Researchers Identify A 'Heartbeat' In Earth's Climate

Posted December 7, 2006:

• Ancient Climate Change May Portend Toasty Future

Posted November 30, 2006:

• Melting The Snowball Earth

Posted November 29, 2006:

• Lessons Learned From Drought Deaths 40,000 Years Ago

Posted November 15, 2006:

• Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth

Posted November 9, 2006:

• Reef Warns Of Sea Level Rise

Posted October 26, 2006:

• Appalachian Mountains, Carbon Dioxide Caused Long-ago Global Cooling

Posted October 25, 2006:

• New Theory For Mass Extinctions

Posted October 24, 2006:

• Far More Than A Meteor Killed Dinos, Evidence Suggests

Posted October 13, 2006:

• Northern Bogs May Have Helped Kick-start Past Global Warming

Posted October 12, 2006:

• Rapid Sea Level Rise In The Arctic Ocean May Alter Views Of Human Migration

Posted October 9, 2006:

• Evidence From Ice Age That Climate Change Can Have A Rapid Effect On Ocean Circulation

Posted October 7, 2006:

• Researchers Link Ice Age Climate-change Records To Ocean Salinity

Posted September 28, 2006:

• Dinosaurs' Climate Shifted Too, Reports Show

Posted September 26, 2006:

• NASA Study Finds World Warmth Edging Ancient Levels

Posted September 10, 2006:

• Climate Change Rocked Cradles Of Civilization

Posted August 30, 2006:

• Greenhouse Methane Released From Ice Age Ocean

Posted August 24, 2006:

• Study Rules Out Ancient 'Bursts' Of Methane From Seafloor Deposits

Posted August 23, 2006:

• Clock In The Rock: Geologist Leads Effort To Measure Earth's History
• Burning Wetlands Unleash Sequestered Mercury In Wake Of Climate Change

Posted August 15, 2006:

• Climate Change Was Major Factor In Erosion Of Alps 6 Million Years Ago

Posted August 12, 2006:

• Ancient Arctic Water Cycles Are Red Flags To Future Global Warming

Posted August 7, 2006:

• Ancient Bison Teeth Provide Window On Past Great Plains Climate, Vegetation

Posted July 28, 2006:

• Cosmic Dust In Ice Cores Sheds Light On Earth's Past Climate

Posted July 25, 2006:

• Ice Sheets Drive Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels, Inverting Previous Ice-age Theory

Posted June 30, 2006:

• Catastrophic 'Lake Burst' Chills Climate

Posted June 27, 2006:

• First Compilation Of Tropical Ice Cores Shows Abrupt Global Climate Shifts

Posted June 12, 2006:

• New Study Shows Much Of The World Emerged From Last Ice Age Together

Posted June 2, 2006:

• Where Climate Is Made In A Greenhouse World

Posted May 18, 2006:

• Linking Climate Change Across Time Scales

Posted May 17, 2006:

• Coral Reef Reveals History Of Fickle Weather In The Central Pacific

Posted May 5, 2006:

• Man May Have Caused Pre-historic Extinctions

Posted April 21, 2006:

• Geologists: Opening Of Passage May Be Tied To Antarctic Cooling

Posted April 20, 2006:

• Ancient And Modern Evidence Suggests Limits To Future Global Warming

Posted April 17, 2006:

• Jesus Walked On Ice, Says Study

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